Kineo is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted as E-Learning Development Company of the Year by E-Learning Age. The shortlisting follows two years of growth and success since winning the same award in 2008. Kineo’s growth was also recognised in the latest survey of e-learning companies where Kineo was ranked second in the UK.
In response to demand, Forth Valley has been selected as the first destination to host e-learning solutions provider and publisher Learning Nexus' initial Autumn e-learning best-practice workshops.
News for all eLearning producers using all authoring tools: Leading eLearning authoring software supplier CM Group has confirmed the launch of their latest innovative eLearning product. LUMINOSITY SYNERGY provides a dramatic new way to enable invited stakeholders from within and outside an organisation to review and comment on draft eLearning courses. The product is aimed at small , medium and large eLearning producers who need a convenient way to gather and manage reviews of their work.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, has witnessed its client base double over the last one year for its multi award-winning, flagship Learning Management System, UpsideLMS.
Aurion Learning has today announced the appointment of a new web designer to support the company's growth.
Charles Leadbeater outlines vision of new learning strategies for a knowledge society at the Online Educa Berlin Conference.
PEOPLECERT – a rapidly growing personnel certification body with dynamic presence in the global market – has contracted Pearson VUE to deliver on-demand high-stakes global testing.
Major eLearning software authoring supplier CM Group has announced the upcoming launch on 28th September of two exciting SaaS based additions to its LUMINOSITY eLearning software suite. The new products will share the LUMINOSITY family name and are codenamed LUMINOSITY REACH and LUMINOSITY SYNERGY.
Two professionals in the north-east regional children’s workforce have jointly become the milestone 7,000th people to successfully pass online child protection courses.
Leading e-learning solutions provider Learning Nexus will be putting Return on Investment (ROI) on the agenda at the forthcoming eLearning Alliance AGM.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, LMS solutions, custom eLearning & mobile learning, has published a brand new Point-of-View Paper, Mobile Learning - Here and Now, which is available for complimentary download on the company’s website.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s largest providers of e-learning and communications solutions, has been officially recognised, for the second consecutive year, as the UK market leader in bespoke e-learning content development.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is pleased to announce a new project to launch an e-learning platform for Recruitment Juice, an innovative recruitment training company. As a surge of applicants swamp the market, recruiters face unique new training challenges to keep ahead and Saffron has the solution.
The Tata Interactive Learning Forum (TLF), an annual global learning event conducted by Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), will feature some of the top speakers in the learning industry, including CLOs, VPs, EVPs in Training, HR & business functions.
Aurion Learning has today announced the appointment of a new ASP.Net Developer.
The biggest problem organisations experience with suppliers of technology-supported learning and communications is a failure of the supplier company to understand the client’s business, new research has shown. In a survey commissioned by LINE Communications, leading provider of learning and communications solutions, respondents cited lack of understanding of their sector, brand, values, culture, process, and of project objectives as major bugbears. The survey also reveals that suppliers tend to fall down on technological incompatibility of their solutions with the organisations’ in-house systems and IT infrastructure, and lack of customisation of solutions.
A powerful opportunity for the New Zealand business community is announced today, Monday August 16th, with the news that The Working Manager Ltd, the UK's leading provider of web enabled practical management education, is launching the TWM New Zealand Academy.
From Saffron's award winning instructional design team, senior instructional designer Kim George recently presented at a social media workshop with client and marketing manager Joanna Liem. Organised in collaboration with the not for profit partnership Time & Talents, the reputation management consultancy ReputationInc and Whizz-Kidz, a charity for disabled young people, the event was a huge success.
An iPad app, designed by LINE Communications to train soldiers for Afghan operations, has been creating headlines this week.
LINE, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, with a strong presence in the defence sector have created an app to enable UK troops to learn how to deal with Fire Control Orders (FCO) on operations. The app was featured in exclusive BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reports and on the Newsbeat website.
Brightwave, e-learning development company of the year, today confirms 40 per cent of Scottish Councils have signed up to its Local Government E-Learning Service, supporting over140,000 employees. To support UK councils, Brightwave also announces a new event aimed at public sector HR and L&D specialists.
A forum of European business leaders has expressed concern that technology and cultural barriers could slow the adoption of mobile and cross-platform learning within their organisations, despite the great potential they see for its use. This worry emerged from a roundtable discussion event organised by LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions, on the theme of mobile and multiplatform learning.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has announced a major update release of Raptivity, the award-winning interactive eLearning software. Raptivity 6.0 has several new enhancements, including support for publishing via mobile devices, an image editor, a newer set of asset libraries and several user interface changes.
Learning and Performance software and services supplier e2train has announced substantial year-on-year growth of 26 per cent for the year ending June 2010.
Leading OD strategic thinker, Professor Christopher Bones, is appointed non executive Director at The Working Manager Ltd (TWM).
Giunti Labs, a leading online and mobile learning content management and digital repository solution provider, announced today that it is undergoing a management buy-out by the management which started its activities within Giunti Editore Publishing Group during the ’90s. At the same time Giunti Labs has rebranded to eXact learning solutions from 1st August.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, is experiencing a strong surge in demand for mobile learning solutions and sees a long-run spillover in the coming years.
Online training pioneer Virtual College, in Ilkley, is experiencing major growth during its 15th anniversary year.
The Institute of Hospitality is set to launch a suite of e-learning units for its members. Developed by award winning online learning company, Aurion Learning, the e-learning units will assist members of the Institute in their personal and professional development.
Harbinger Knowledge Products today took another leap towards meeting the needs of its international user base with Elicitus Express - Chinese Edition. Elicitus Express is an interactivity-enabled and affordable authoring tool that is lightweight and extremely easy to use.
Harbinger Knowledge Products has released an online Audience Response System for YawnBuster, the path-breaking software for adding high-impact group activities to PowerPoint. Unlike the hardware dependent Audience Response Systems (slammers or clickers) which cost a lot and are limited only to face-to-face meetings, or the software keypads which can only be used in virtual meetings, YawnBuster Audience Response System provides a solution that meets the needs of both online and face-to-face meetings.
The British Business Professional Skills Development (BBPSD), a business training and learning solutions specialist working in partnership with an international college in the Middle East, has signed an exclusive 10-year contract with Pearson VUE to assess candidates via computer-based testing.
Aurion Learning is proud to announce that it has launched an online continuing professional development (CPD) tool for dentists.
The Belfast based company was contracted by the Irish Dental Association to develop a software tool to allow dentists to manage their continuing professional development online.
Pearson VUE, the global leader in computer-based testing, has announced that it will be a Gold Sponsor for the second annual European Association of Test Publishers (E-ATP) Conference.
One of the UK’s newest and brightest stars in the e-learning sector, The Safety Train, has re-located its operations to Sheffield, thanks to Learning Light’s advice and guidance. Already, the move seems to be paying off.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, has successfully developed a construction induction training course for Axial Training, Australia, a leading training & recruitment services company, aimed at ensuring safety awareness and protocols.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, has helped leading agri-business company, Syngenta, take its first steps into technology-based e-learning for 20,000 of its global employees.
The national Healthcare e-Academy, in collaboration with NHS Diabetes, has implemented a new online training course on the safer use of insulin.
Pearson VUE is looking to strengthen its employer brand in the UK with the launch of its very own careers website.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, is a proud to announce that its flagship, multi-award winning Learning Management System, UpsideLMS, has been listed amongst the top five emerging Learning Management Systems (LMSs) by Brandon Hall Research. The listing has been done as a part of CLO magazine’s article on LMSs in the July 2010 issue.
Tata Interactive Systems’ Graphic Novel Approach for Holland America Line’s Lifeboat Assistant Program Won the APEX 2010 Award in the Electronic Media & Video - Education & Training category.
Brightwave's head of quality and accessibility, Rachel Sefton-Smith, will speak on the increasing importance of accessibility in e-learning and education as more training and learning takes place online, at the E-Access '10 event on 13 July at London's Olympia 2 conference centre.
CM Group confirms that it is extending its graduate recruitment scheme into 2010 for its Content Master and CM Luminosity divisions.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, is named as headline sponsor at the 2010 E-Learning Awards.
CERTPOINT Systems, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced the appointment of Denis Finnegan as the company’s Chief Learning Officer. Denis will oversee the effective implementation of CERTPOINT Systems’ learning platform across its client base.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, announced today its successful completion of localization of eLearning courses for BMGI, a leading training and consulting organization, to address its global clients.
Aurion Learning, in conjunction with Action for Children's Learning and Development Team, has produced a compelling new diversity and inclusion e-learning programme for Action for Children.
With the mutual desire to aid established users and newcomers to the world of e-learning in the development of their training initiatives, LINE Communications, a leading provider of learning and communications, and Comartis, a renowned supplier of assessment and talent development solutions, are pleased to announce their formal partnership.
Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Labs and chair of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), has presented a five point plan to ensure economic competitiveness through worker competency in the face of global economic challenge and change. Cardinali was speaking at the recent Training Transformation Symposium, held at the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) in Chatham, Kent.
Kineo’s U.S. CEO, Steve Lowenthal has been selected to speak at the third annual Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase. This event focuses on how cutting-edge media and interactive tools can boost performance and compress learning time, areas where Kineo has delivered proven results for its US clients.
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a global pioneer in learning solutions, completes 20 years of innovation and excellence in July 2010.
Keynote speakers for 2010 include Josh Bersin, President and CEO of Bersin & Associates, Laurence F. Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium and publisher of Horizon Report, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chair of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology and Development (GAID).
Informing families that their child has a disability is never an easy task, but now some help is at hand.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, has successfully completed eLearning development for ViSteps, a renowned training company in Australia, to deliver online SQL training to learners across the globe.
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David Patterson, of Learning Light, is a keynote speaker at the IADIS International ‘Conference e-Learning 2010’, being held in Freiburg, Germany, from 26th to 29th July. He will be addressing: ‘E-learning: Regeneration, Research and Innovation’.
QA is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephanie Dedhar, recently named as 'Instructional Designer of the Year' at the IT Training Awards 2010. The newly introduced award recognises exceptional instructional design, innovation in eLearning intervention and the delivery of measurable improvement for learners.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe’s leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is pleased to release a bank of questions that can be used to support compliance training courses.
Kineo, the leader in e-learning, marked its one year anniversary in the U.S. on June 1, 2010 with a hugely successful first year, attracting and retaining great clients, expanding into multiple locations and growing a high performing team to address our U.S. clients' needs.
Giunti Labs is adding its expertise to that of specialists at the University of Oxford to help to reduce problems associated with pre-eclampsia in pregnant women in the developing world.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications solutions has sponsored the HR and Talent Summit at the Montreux Palace hotel in Montreux, Switzerland on 14th - 16th June. This is the fourth consecutive year that LINE has provided sponsorship for the annual event.
Current award winner Brightwave, named E-Learning Development Company of the Year in 2009, today announces its headline sponsorship of the 2010 E-Learning Awards.
Organised by Oxfam and BOND, the INGO E-Learning Conference has been created to help share experiences and hear different approaches to e-learning in the international NGO sector.
Kineo’s growth in the e-learning and Moodle LMS space has been reflected in strong growth in its Sheffield office. Building on this success, this week Kineo announces further new staff appointments in the Sheffield Team and an expansion into a new office space.
Fortress - an Egypt-based major training and financial service company - has signed an exclusive ten-year contract with Pearson VUE to deliver exams via computer-based testing.
At mLearnCon 2010 in San Diego, Xyleme and the Chicago Police Department present native XML single-source solution for eLearning and mobile performance support
Sexual health charity FPA Northern Ireland are 'over the moon' after walking away with a prize at the prestigious Charity Awards 2010 for All about us, a groundbreaking CD-ROM on sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is delighted to announce the launch of a sub-surface fire awareness e-learning course for Heathrow Express.
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As organisations’ IT training budgets continue to be cut, an ambitious social-enterprise is offering an innovative free solution. The online course-provider ALISON.com has just announced details of an introductory Information Technology course released to the public.
A pioneering medical college based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has signed an exclusive seven-year contract with Pearson VUE to receive quality solutions and services to meet its assessment needs.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce the development of a bespoke sustainability e-learning course at Bovis Lend Lease UK, a leading project management and construction company.
DuPont Training Solutions powered by Coastal announces the release of the DuPont™ Energy Efficiency e-learning series. The 16 online courses are designed to help industrial facilities around the world improve energy efficiency and profitability and are now available for free demonstration.
The Lean Healthcare Academy, leaders in the field of training, implementation and sustaining improvement activities across the whole health economy, have distilled all of their Lean knowledge on running Rapid Improvement Events for the NHS, and created a new product simply named the Rapid Improvement Event - In a Bag.
As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to ravage the American coastline, the free online course provider, ALISON.com is drawing attention to the environment with the release of its new Georgraphy course - 'Introduction to Environmental Awareness'.
Giunti Labs - a leading learning and mobile content management solution provider – has been given a ‘Learning Impact Leadership Award’ at this year’s IMS Learning Impact Awards, held in Long Beach, California, in May.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce Social Learning in a box.
Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, announced today that SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, a leading Business School in India, has selected UpsideLMS, Upside Learning’s multi-award winning, flagship learning management system to deliver online training to its students. UpsideLMS will be used for both course delivery and online exams.
Aurion Learning and St. James’s Hospital have launched an exciting new online learning resource to support healthcare staff in their continuing professional development.
The hub is the successful result of the work carried out by St. James’s Hospital in partnership with Aurion Learning, a specialist online learning solutions provider.
An oversubscribed Healthcare event held in Sheffield last Tuesday (Tues, May 25) introduced professionals from across the NHS to valuable cost and time saving techniques that don’t come at the expense of service delivery and quality.
'Information and communication Technologies (ICTs) can play a major role in building peace, security and stability in some of the most troubled places on the planet,' says New Security Foundation Chairman, Dr Harold Elletson. Dr Elletson was speaking at the eLearning Africa conference in Lusaka, Zambia during a session hosted by the New Security Foundation and involving participants from all over Africa.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications, is delivering a series of short, high-quality learning nuggets to the global workforce of Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading banks.
As students continue to struggle with the challenges posed by Science in the classroom, the free online learning and certification provider; ALISON.com has just released two new free interactive courses on Chemistry to rekindle student’s waning interest in Science.
Continuing an alliance that showcased the best-in-breed catalog courses, Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, and Mindleaders, one of the leading providers of eLearning catalog courses, have extended their partnership after a successful first year. With this extension, Upside Learning continues to promote and market MindLeaders' updated collection of eLearning catalog courses to its customers worldwide.
Cash windfalls from the national Safeguarding Children e-Academy continue to provide a financial boost to charities working with children and young people across Britain and overseas.
The government’s decision to abolish the education ICT agency Becta by November has been met with mixed view. The scrapping of the quango which promotes the use of technology in schools is part of cuts worth £6.2 billion in what Chancellor George Osbourne has called 'wasteful' public spending. While up to 240 jobs will go and it's services cut, many are asking if Becta will truly be missed.
LINE Communications, one of Europe’s leading providers of learning and communications has hosted a highly successful Forum Lunch at L’Escargot in London last month.
As the UK today celebrates the annual Silver Surfers Day to encourage older people online, ALISON.com is taking the fear out of the digital world for the older computer novice with a host of free self-paced online interactive courses.
Winners of the first eLearning Africa photo competition will be featured in an exhibition at the fifth pan-African conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Education and Training
As part of the International Adult Learners Week, May 15th - 21st, ALISON is to offer in excess of 70 free online interactive courses and training certifications to help adults learn and up-skill.
COMPUTER-based assessment company Pearson VUE has been announced as Platinum Sponsor for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) EMEA Member Conference held at the Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel on 20-21 October 2010.
Kineo, Sportiv8 and League Football Education have announced a partnership to work together to produce a ground breaking approach to provide re-usable e-learning resources on functional skills for apprentices and learners within traditional school and college programmes.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is pleased to announce new appointments to its award winning Instructional Design team.
Tata Interactive Systems features in the list of Top 20 Global Companies providing training business process outsourcing services.
LINE Communications, a key provider of learning and development solutions to the defence sector, will be showcasing a range of defence based projects and launching an exciting new iPad multi-user interaction programme at ITEC Defence Exhibition and Conference at Excel, London on 18th-20th of May.
The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) has announced that it will deliver tests online for the first time in its history after agreeing to a partnership with Pearson VUE.
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Upside Learning, a recognized leader in training outsourcing, custom eLearning development & LMS solutions, announced a global strategic alliance with KESDEE Inc., the world's largest financial eLearning company. The alliance will enable Upside Learning to market and promote KESDEE’s content through its multi-award winning, flagship learning management system, UpsideLMS, to its clients and partners across the globe.
With the recent announcement that bonus points may be given to higher-level Leaving Cert Maths students still fresh, the free online course provide, ALISON has just announced the release of a suite of new Maths courses. The timely release will provide a useful study aid for those preparing for exams.
Tesco has recently developed Academy Online, its new learning portal which it is hoped will eventually serve the learning needs of over 400,000 staff across Tesco's global businesses. Kineo, a leading e-learning solutions provider, was chosen by Tesco to design and develop the portal solution, using its experience in combining user experience and web design, and development strength in open source tools such as Moodle.
Saffron Interactive, one of Europe's leading e-learning, mobile and blended learning companies, is proud to announce LMS in a box.
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